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fba fcarrard Bjorn. a 'gleaning silver
crprse,
Cleave! thro' deep cordons of anstahl.
cloud;
Shrill winds, unleashed. Ilk aonnda In
hungry crowd,
Scourge the lean woods, and songo, with
out surcease;
I"he frenzied surge, aighlag ia aln for
peace,
Shudders along the bar and moaning
lend,
Clntched by the snarling reef, awoons
terror-cowed.
Earth, -rra nvd air haTe drunken to the
Iron
That m'ent draught, fond Nature's of
fering. In wliich she pledge her retreating
cuest
The wild mnd March, fell Winter d!s
crowned king.
Who H'.ovan the hills nnd seek In V-c'c-fill
quest
The blitbc iiccn-reguant of awakenir.s
i-rirp.
Whose fWt are uta-yed iu acme di:u
woodland rest.
Woman's Home Companion.
MRS. WALTON
RS. WALTON was
licr name. He knew
that because he fol
lowed her Into the
-'JTtpAI hotel and entered
V3jV$9 n( In the vis-
Itorr rmoK immedi
ately after hers.
She was evidently
traveling alone, and
lie kept his eye on
hT to the end of
the Journey. His
destination happen-
to be hers also.
They both landed
at Iicxlerh-k, and
sl.e preceded him
along the landing-stage to the hotel,
and, as we have seen, entered her name
In the visitors' book at the request of
the proprietor.
"Mrs. Walton Why, she must be'f
widow:'
He thanked bis stars that he was
planted in the same hotel with her.
Then begun the maddest, happiest
tide In all Edward Hiogden's career.
He let hlnis'. if go. In proportion to the
discretion in ail previous affairs of the
heart was the abandonment and reck
lessness of this lust Infatuation.
He cast all prudence to the winds. He
knew nothing about Mrs. Walton, nor
did he wish to know anything.
He was sick of prudence. Ue had
been prudent and cautious all his life,
and here he was at 30 years of age un
loved and unloving. Yes, he would let
himself j:o for ouce.
It would appear that all the tinattach
td men In the hotel had come to a simi
lar decision, for before many days wera
ever they were all her devoted slaves.
She smiled through her gold rimmed
glasses on all Impartially, and she
showed no Invidious preference as to
the person with whom she walked or
talked.
The l:i lies, too, fell under her spell,
mil deehired that she was a charming
roung thins, so ay. so innocent.
"Mrs. Walton is quite delightful, of
course," Fald one nut Iron to another,
"but 1 must say she is a little Indis
creet, and limy lay herself open to uii
foi)stru-l!in."'
"1 suppose she is what one mipht call
to citiam-iiiuted woman."
'Rut even an emancipated woman
might discriminate; she accepts atten
tions from all sorts and conditions of
tuen."
"And yet one cannot sny she encour
ages them; the Is quite pleasant with
women, too. and will spend a whole
uornlui: playiug with the children."
- Mrs. Walton came up at this moment,
imiling aud readjusting her eye-glasses.
These were attached by a slender gold
chain to her brooch, and were constant
ly slipping f rom her eyes, but they were
Indispensable to her sight, and she al
ways replaced them.
"Ah, here you are! . My dear Mrs.
Owen, your cap is one side. Let me put
It straight this minute," which she did
with a light touch, stroking the white
bair delicately, and remarking she hop
ed she should have beautiful white hair
when she was a few years older. "And
now this cup tells a tale; you have been
at your troubles again. You have been
shaking your head over the shortcom
ings of your cok down there In Surrey,
or the depravity of the gardeners. As
I said the other day, when you were
worrying about the Jam-making, 'For
get, forget; be happy at least once a
year; leave all troubles at home, and
come out for a holiday; laugh, be gay
forget.' "
"I believe you promised to sing to us
tonight, Mrs. Walton?" said Kdward
Brogden, strolling up at this point.
' "Ah, did I promise? I never meant
to sing here, aud brought no music; but
perbnps something will come to me,"
she said, rising and sweeping across the
room to the piano, where three or four
tnen stood waiting for her.
sine always dressed In half mourning,
and to-night she wore a long black
gown with bodice of heliotrope glace
silk veiled in sequlned net of the same
- shade a combination which set off her
lovely complexion and hair to perfec
tion. She ran her fingers over the keys. "It
Is no use," she said at last, letting her
hands fall. "I must contradict my own
teaching and be serious; none of the
happy songs will come."
They all declared they liked serious
tongs best.
"And I must warn you," she said,
"all my sons are old songs all my
songs ure memories." A far-away look
came Into her eyes as she lifted her
hands to the keys again and played the
opening bars of Tostl's "Good-by." Oc
casions ou which they had heard this
song beautifully rendered recurred to
most present; but she had not sung
many notes before they realized this
was a new thlug in singing. The voice
had a rich, peculiar quality, and the
:1 of the woman spoke through it.
.Ir. Ilardoasile decided there and
.en that he would ask her to marry
.im. Mr. Cyril Hanger could not for
.he life of him think what he had been
doing to have spent a whole week near
fuch a woman and not have proposed to
her. Two young men who bad come a
--yweck ago. Intending to stay for the
ntgut only, aud who lingered on be
cause, as they said, of the sociable, gay,
unconventional life of the place in oth
er words, because of the little widow
each vowed to himself he would write
. that very night to his father and ex
plain the sltunt!tn, suggesting a read
justment of busiLess relations with a
view to marriage at un early date.
Kdward Brogden was deeply afTected.
Next morning when he found himself
seated beside her ou a steamer making
an excursion round the island he said:
"Well, Mrs. Walton, have you any more
surprises for us? Do you know you as
tonished us all last uight? I cannot
reconcile the sadness of your singing
with yoor usual gayety. I am puzzled
U mvw which is jour raaj self-", .
r.- IT
at least half a dozen trait distinct
selves. Sometimes one la to the fore, 1
sometimes another. It depends on my
mood and my surroundings whether I
laugh to prevent myself crying- or break
my heart singing sad songs through
ber delight and the Joy of living."
"Ton are an enigma."
Xo, I am a woman!"
"It Is the same thing."
She drew his attention to Allsa Crag.
"Yes. yes, the crag," said he, absent
ly. "Do you know I always feel at
tracted by anjrthlng enigmatical or j
mysterious; the more complex a woman 1
Is the better I like her; 1 am weary or
simple, transparent souls whom he that
runs may read. What an experience!
What a splendid interest it would be!
Ah. Mrs. Walton, life would be worth
living If you "
"See, Mr. Brogden, we must be near-lr-'
Lashlam; and do look at those lor-
us wandering along the road. Isn't it
uu.r
"What Is sad?"
"Oh. they will get married!"
"Thi;t Is the best thing they can do."
Mrs. Walton informed hiin with tears
In her eyes that she felt a little hys
terical to-dny. that It was the last day
of her holiday, and that if be would '
excuse her she would not talk any more
but would sit quietly by herself at the
other side of the lo;it.
"The last day of your holiday? Then
you must certainly let me speak to you
f something which affects me vitally,"
he saltl, as he raised his lint and moved
away.
"Afterwards," she eielalmed; "after,
wa rds."
At 5 o'clock that afternoon a large,
dull, florid, bald man of about 50 was
standing in the hall with Mrs. Walton
when Kdward Brogden came in to look
for her to have his talk on something
vital to himself.
"Allow me to introduce you to my
husband. Mr. Brogden," she said, smil
ing through her gold-rlmmed glasses.
All that day Mrs. Owen's cap was in
a chronic state of displacement through
shaking her head over the dull, florid
man. "No wonder, poor thing, she
wanted to be gay and to forget," she
kept saying.
Mr. Brogden staid it out to the bitter
end. Perhaps he was more of an ex
perimentalist than a lover, and awaited
new developments. Perhaps he was
really iu love with this fair-hatred wife
of the dull, florid man this wife who
took a holiday once every year by her
self, aud tried to be happy, and gay,
and to forget forget. Argosy.
LORD'S PRAYER BY BOOTH.
James O'Neill Relates a Story of the
Ktniaent Tragedian.
"I think the most thrilling experience
I ever passed through was In New York
city one time, when quite by accident
a number of foreign diplomats from
Washington, a few American states
men, some prominent New Yorkers and
one or two of 'tis professionals were
gathered together in a smoking room
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, when some
body asked Booth, who by the merest
chance happened to bo there. If he
would not repeat the Lord's prayer for
the assemblage. I was sitting not far
from the tragedian when -lie fixed his
eyes upon the man who made the re
quest. I t!.!r:!; ;Lut it was Lord Sack-iIle-West,
at that time British minister
to the United States, and I shall never
forget the peculiarly searching expres
sion that Booth shot out of his dark
eyes. They seemed to penetrate the
very soul of the man at whom they
were directed, and then, as if satisfied,
resumed their wonted vacuous density.
"We were all breathless with anxiety.
at least I was, for seldom would he
ever recite o!f the stage, but at length
he arose, walked to a little cleared
space at one end of the room and be
gin a recital that even after all these
years makes me thrill through and
through. He said: 'Our Father,' and
never before had those two words been
clothed with the majesty and reverence
with which bis look and tone enveloped
them. And then lie carried us Into ce
lestial regions, our spirits seeming to
leave our bodies and to follow his be
best; he lowered us Into depths too dark
for Dante's genius to conceive or Dore's
pen to portray; the power exerted over
11s was simply unnatural. His musical
ly resonant tones sounded slowly
through the room, and as he swayed hi
lithe body we unconsciously followed
his motion. It was something horrible,
beautiful, terrible, fascinating I can
not find words In the language to ex.
Dress It. There are none.
"I would not go through the scene
again for a thousand worlds, and yet
If I had the opportunity I wonld brave
any danger to hear it once more. Do
you understand? Those few score
words as delivered by Edwin Booth
were the most powerful argument for
Christianity that I ever heard, and
could every being on the face of the
globe have beard them there would no
longer be atheism. Booth strode out
of the room when he finished and a sim
ultaneous sigh of relief arose, while
without a word we stole away singly
and on tiptoe, and I do not believe that
any of us thluk of that thrilling even
ing without a shudder. He was a great
man, a great man." Kansas City
Times.
Ancient Rain Prooontloator.
On the old Ritchie place, which
lbounds with relics of early days, is an
ld log springhouse, built at the begin
ning of the century by John Ritchie,
the inventor of the sour mash process
)f making whisky, says the Bards town
Record. A never-failing stream of tee-
:old water flows Into this old house,
forming a pool several feet deep. Here,
since John Ritchie left Lynn's fort and
built himself an Independent dwelling.
It Is alleged a giant bull frog has had
Its home. As the frog family la en
flowed with great longevity. It la said
by those who ought to know that it la
reasonable to believe that the frog la
the same one which took up its resi
dence In the Ritchie apringhous In
pioneer times.
What lends color to this theory is the
fact that there has never been but one
frog seen in the neighborhood of the
Did spring and Mr. Stephen Ritchie,
now a man well advanced In years,
jtates that this same frog, or one very
timilar to it, bad its home in the spring
when he was a child and that he has
ften heard his grandmother term the
frog her rain sign. The frog la said to
be of vast proportions, with a thunder
jus voice that can be heard a great dis
tance. It Is very active and shows no
jvidenee of Its century or more of
rears. '
In making a goose, nature requires a
lot of quills, but a man can make a
soose of himself with only one quill.
The American heiress prefer an beu
in a castle to a caatla In the air.
An old bachelor say that marriage
is a permanent Injury resulting from
falling In loTe.
The Judge never (lis on the Jury, bni
treauaartly doaa on tfca attomay.
MARK TWAIN'S FUAH.
a, Certain Way of Pi-ocarina; ttaa Wt
tloa You XV mat.
Mark Twain has found situations for
many a man In a unique way, which la
described In McClnre'a Magazine.
When any one asked him for help along
that line, he would write the delighted
-;plleant a cordial afflrmaUTa asking
lilui to pick out any newspaper he pre
fcrrol and to aim high. The deslre4
position being selected, Mark would
.imr.lv tire back at the applicant the
fallowing instrnctlona. In every case.
vhrre they were earned oat in goou
f.ilth. they landed the worlter at in
top of the ladder. Here they are:
Formula: (1) By a beneficent law ot
our human nature, every man Is ready
and willing to employ any young fel
low who Is honestly anxious to work
for nothing.
(2) A man once wonted to an em
ploye and satisfied with him, is loath to
part with him and give himself the
trouble of breaking In a new man.
Let us practice upon these foibles.
Instructions: (1) You are to apply for
work at the office of your choice.
Y,il nro in nn without rccOIUmen-
datfons. You are not to mention my
came or any one's but your own.
(3) You are to say that you want no
pay. That all you want Is work; any
kiid of work you make no stipula
tion; you are ready to sweep out, point
the pencils, replenish the Instands, hold
copy, tidy up, keep the place In order,
mi errands anything and everything:
you are not particular. Y'ou are so tired
f beJng Idle that life Is a burden to
you: all you want is work and plenty of
It. Yon do not want u pennyworth of
remuneration. N. B. You will get the
place, whether the man be a generous
one or a selfish one.
4 1 You must not sit around and wail
for the staff to find work for you to do.
You must keep watch and find It for
yourself. When you can't find it, in
vent it. You will be popular there
pretty soon, and the boys will do you a
pood turn whenever they can. When
you are on the street and see a thing
that Is worth reporting, go to the of
tice nnd tell about It. By anl by you
will be allowed to put such things on
j.aper yourself. In the morning you will
notice that they have been edited, and
a good many of your words left out the
very strongest aud best ones, too. That
will teach yon to modify yourself. In
due course you will drift by natural and
sure degrees Into dally and regular re-I-.ortlRg.
and will find yourself on the
city editor's staff, without any one s
;uiie knowing how or when you got
"here.
toi Py this time you have become
reeessary; possibly even Indispensable,
i :!il yon are never to mention wages,
ihat is a matter w-hich will take care
of Itself: you must wait. By and by
there will be a vacancy on a neighbor
ing paper. You will know all the re
porters ia town by this time, and one
or another of them will speak of you
nnd you will lie offered the place, at cur
rent wages. You will report this good
fortune to your city editor, and he will
offer you the same wages, and you will
stay where you are.
; Subsequently, whenever higher
pay is offered you on another paper,
you are not to take fie place If your
original employer is viillng to keep
you iu a like price.
Rome Statist ios'on Shaving.
The statistician who had been busy
;.ith his pencil looked up at the man
vho hales figures and said:
"Didn't have anything to do, aud
.'bought I'd figure a little. You know
that If I were cast on a desert Island
i.ith a bundle of lead pencils and plen
ty of paper I wouldu't care a cent
t hether a sail hove in sight or not. I
i.iiv that you ueeded a shave, and that
let me to thinking. Why do you shave
luyhow? 1 never do. Look here.
"Weil suppose that you began shav
ing at 18 years of age and that you keep
it up uutil you are 70. That makes
Lfty-two years. Y'ou have a heavy
fcard. We'll suppose that you sbuve
lw Ice a week. That costs 15 cents a
(have, nnd you get rid of one-eighth of
tu Inch of hair. That will be a quarter
of an Inch a week, or one Inch a month.
I'o get rid of that Inch you pay $1.20.
An Inch a month Is twelve inches a
Vear, costing you 14.40.
"Now" and the statistician drew a
long breath "twelve inches a year for
Dfty-two years Is 624 Inches, or fifty
two feet. It will cost you $748.80 to
get that amount of whiskers out of your
system. Then suppose you give a nick
el tip every time to the man"
But the .ellow who hates figures bad
fled. New York World.
Re Knew the Rest.
"Tommy," said the younger lady,
ibarply, as her little brother opened
:iie door softly, and was about to enter
tiic parlor, "you shut that door from
the outside and then take yourself off
to bed at once!" Then she went on:
"No, Mr. Borem, it is with the deep
est regret that I eay it, but I can only
be a sister to you and "
"Never mind the rest of It, Miss Chil
ton," Interrupted Mr. Borem, sadly; "I
lhall follow the example of my brother
ind take myself off to bed at once."
And, crawling Into his fur-lined
ulster, he lighted a cigarette and
tvaded out into the gelid night.
I nre r:narnntre1 br Ilt. J. H. HATER, toil
A Kill rill I. A.. FA. ha l once: m
d rrullon or delay tram bilflimai. C'omullMtlJrti
liee. J-odonwDicnu of phyi;lai. ladm n t
fromlnc-nt citizen. vnd lor urculac Ottic
liui.a A. U. 10 1 ! M.
On an average every woman carries
til to CO miles of hair upon hc-r bead.
We Want the rimes
of eyerynne suffering with mrel, even when
nromuncel incurable. We emu enre you.
Writo particular. St. Anthony U'f'g Co
Chicago, 111.
The marine lamprey's adhesive power
Is such that 121 pounds may be raised
Without forcing it to loose its bold. It is
o tenacious of life that its head remains
for hours attached to a stone when its
bojy is severed.
To Core Constipation ForeTer.
Take Taacarets Candy Cathartic, loe or c
It C C. C. fail 10 cure, druKgiats refund nwuey-
(iohllish are of Chinese oricin. They
ivore originally found in a large lake
m ar Mt. Tsicutsing and were first brouph
to Kui-ope in the seventeenth century.
The lirst in France came as a present 10
11 me. de Pompadour.
Oil. VVhil fcplrnilld Coffee.
Mr. Coodnikji. Williams Co.. III., writes
"From one pm-kage falzer' Cermnn Cof
fif: lu rry costing l."c 1 grew 300 11. of
lietter coffee, than I can buy in stores at
SO cents a ll. A. C. 4
A package of this coffee and big seed
und plant catalogue is sent you by John
A. Salter eed Co., I.a Crosw, Wis., ujon
receipt of 15 cents stamps and this notice.
Pjr's ami Marseilles are connected bv
telegniph lines entirely under ground.
They are placed in iron pipes and buried
four f ct beneath the surface with man
holes J.eOO feet apart. H cost nearly
1,500,000 to bury the wires.
Ro-Ts-Bm for Fifty Caatav
Gosrantoed tohaoro habit enre makes weak
atea atrona, blood pure. Me,ai. Ail druaaiMS.
Til finest shops iu a Chinese city are
- da voted to the sale of coffin.
Iflia PINKHA1TS ADVICE.
7bat Mrs. Nell Hurst has to Bay
tout It.
Deab Miss. Piskuaii: Vthen I wrote
to you I had not been well for five years;
had"lacti-ed all the time but got no
better. I had womb trouble very bad.
My womb pressed backward, causing
piles, i was In such misery I could
scarcely walk across the floor. Men
struation waa irregular and too pro
fuse, was also
troubled with
leucorrhoea. I
had given up all
hopes of getting
well; everybody
thought I hod
consumption.
After taking
five bottles of
Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegeta
ble Compound,
I felt very much better
and was able to do nearly all my own
work. I continued the useof your medi
cine, and feel that I owe my recovery to
you. I cannot thank you enough foryour
advice and your wonderful medicine.
Any one doubting- my statement may
write to me and I will gladly answer
all inquiries. Mrs. Nell Hurst, Deep
water. Mo.
Letters like the foregoing, con
stantly being received, contribute not
a little to the satisfaction felt by Mrs.
Pinkham that her medicine and counsel
are assisting women to bear their heavy
burdens.
Mrs I'inkham'saddressis Lynn, Mass.
Ail suffering women are invited to
write to her for advice, which will be
given without charge. It is an ex
perienced woman's advice to women.
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Quaint Bayinee and Cnte Doinsa of the
Little Polks Kverjrwhere, Gathered
and Printed Here for All Other Lit
tle Once to liead.
Mamma's Help.
'Yes, Bridget has gone to the city.
And papa is sick, as you see,
and mnuiuia has no uue to help her
But two-year-old Laurence and me
Tou'd like to know what I'm good for,
'Cert to make work and tumble thing!
down ?
f guess there ain't no little girlies
At your house at home, Dr. Brown.
'I've brushed all the crumbs from the
table.
And dusted the sofa and chairs,
i've polished the hearthstone and fender.
And swept off the area stairs.
'I've wiped all the silver aud china.
And just dropped one piece on the floor,
f es, ioetor, it broke iu the middle,
Bui I Vpect it was cracked before.
And the steps that I save precious mam
ma! You'd be s'prised. Dr. Brown, if yoi
knew;
She says if it wasn't for Bessie
She couldu't exist the day through!
'It's 'Bessie, bring papa some water!
A ii.l !(..:;,. , ,, I.. Iha ,l,wir'
Aud, 'Bessie, love, pick up the pinythingt
rri.A I...!.- J. 1 . 1. A tl..t.!'
'Yes, doctor, I'm 'siderably tired,
I've been on my feet all the day;
Good-by! well, perhaps. I will help you
Whin your old Bridget 'goes off t
btoy!"
-Sou thern Presby teria n.
bed Th- Ir Clothes in Winter.
V1 eu the boys and girls are putting
til more clothing to keep out the col
t curious rock crab that lives in the salt
water along the New Uuglaud coast
iheds its shell. These little creatures
begin casting their hard shells in De
cember, and the shedding process con
Unties for two mouths. After the hard
bells are cast the crabs are iuite soft.
nd are considered very desirable for
the table.
A Writer Whom Boys I.ove.
Jules Verne, the French author who
ft-rote "Twenty Thousand Leagues L'n
ler the Sea," and many other tales o(
idventure, eats almost nothing but
gs and herbs. It is said. He Is now
nearly 70 years old, and Is lu good
health, living in Amiens, France. lie
bus written six books more than he is
fears old. He arises early In the uiorn
ng and works steadily till 11 o'clock.
Strangely enough, though he has writ
ten many books of travel, Mr. Verne
as not traveled much, but has secured
Jla Information from reading stories of
the travels of others.
An Ostricb.a Appetite.
An ostrich will eat almost anything,
ft swallows oranges, small turtles.
Towls. kittens and bones. A South
African writer tells of one swallowing
1 box of peaches, tennis balls, several
fards of fencing wire and half a dozen
cartridges. One followed the workmen
ind picked up the wire as they out It.
Most frequently the ostrich does not
iwallow each daiievy separately, but
lollects several in Its throat and then
wallows them all at once. Sometimes
It Is strangled. Its windpipe is then
rut, the obstacle taken out and the
round sewed up, when all goes well
gain.
Tw Manqucradera.
These two unique and saucy doglets
ia II from Australia. They have the
lir of nonchalant lightlieartedness
which Is fetching in anything living
and from their attire have evidently
been attending a canine fancy dress
ball. Unlike most animals they do not
object to be dressed up, and for that
reason are especial pets with the chil
dren fortunate enough to live near the
owner of Bang and Scamp, who has
pretty home in Adelaide.
7'rom Corn Hnaka to Clothe.
Clothing made of corn husks attract
ed so much attention at a fair held last
tail In Atchison, Km., that it ia planned
to have a similar exhibit at the great
talr to be held In Paris in 1900.
These costumes are so attractive,
tiany of them, that any girl might well
k? proud to appear In one. Dresses of
tie daintiest designs Imaginable and
kith any number of delicate frills and
ounces wars ahowu. XJaaj proved aal
BAXO AND SCAUP.
ilective that a "new industry hua
iprunz up lu aii""-"
corn millinery." and those who prao
lice It make charming looking hats for
omen and' gnis from corn husks. Ona
f the most successful corn milliners
ntiv nt a husk hat to the wife ot
Resident McKInley. ,
Under Water to the Pol.
An engineer of Baltimore. Md.. makes
flie claim that a submarine boat can b
-i-tvpelled under the great fields of Ice
that have thus far stopped northern
tavlgators from reaching the north
jole. This gentleman. Albert RiedaL
Proposes, to build a boat for the Jour
ney at once and to start from some,
where in upper Canada.
Those who believe In Mr. Rledel's
plaa claim that Cue boat will have to
travel under C00 miles of lee before an
open sea around the north pole Is
reached. They believe that enough
open places will be ound on the Jour
ney to enable the boat to go to tba
surface to replenish the air. It Is pro
posed to run the boat by electricity pro
vided by storage batteries.
Iufuntile Humor.
'What's veal, Benny'' "Oh, It's the
part of the cow we eat before sin
grows up."
Visitor And who are yon, my Httl
man? Cuthbert (with conscious pride)
I'm the baby's brother.
Grandmamma AVhat are you doing
in the pantry. Tommy? "Oh, I'm Just
putting a few things away, grain'ma."
Mother Now, Jamie, you know thai
Adam and Eve were driven out of tb
Garden of Eden. Jamie In a phaeton
or a carriage, mamma?
"Say. grandpa," asked little 5-year-old
Minnie, "does the good people all
die young?" "So they say,-' replied the
old gentleman. "Weil, grandpa,' con
tinued the little lady, "if that's true
you must be an awful wicked man."
Little Jeanle, the 8-year-old pet, was
playing with her rag doll In the front
room of her home not long since, when
suddenly her quick eye rested upon
one of those large, shiny, black bugs
which occasionally fly Indoors on sum
mer nights and was now slowly crawl
ing along the carpet. The little ob
server came running out to the kitchen
with great excitement, exclaiming:
"Mamma, mamma, there's a prune in
the parlor! Come and see it walk."
wall l.p-r Oddity.
7i null nnner Is the latest oddity.
q nttflched to the wall by a
cement invented for the purpose, and
Is made to imitate marble, me sur
face Is enameled so as to render it per-
,.,.,t.Tt or washable. It is ci.umeu ror
na now dennrture In decorative mate
rial that, while it Is as permanent as
tiles or marble. It is mucn cneaper, anu
can be as easily put on as ordinary wall
paper.
I'is Vacation and Their Rest.
IIU011 I understfcnd Dr. Thlrdly's
congregation Is talking of sending him
to Euroiie.
Dixon Yes; that's their Intention.
lllxon For a rest, I suppose?
Dixon Yes; the ongregatloo think
hey are entitled to It. .
It Is one thing to survey yourself
Willi pride, and quite another to ex
're your heart with humility.
Without first making everything else,
God would have been without a lan
guage with which to ppeak 19 man.
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and refreshing to the taste, and acta
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Liver and Dowels, cleanses the sys
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aches and Severs and cures habitual
constipation. Symp of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
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its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
yrup of Figs is for sale in 60
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Behind tie eye wmi - -
-retina" Is lined with branching blood
vesls, snd a curious but perfectly
simple experiment will enable you to
see these. Place yourself In a dart
room opposite a dark-colored waU.
then light a candle, and, holding It In
your haso, shore It up and dewn be
fore your eyes, all tlie time looking, not
at the candle, but the wall beyond.
After a little practice you will see ap
pear on the wall a great branching fig
ure la Mck on radl"'h urtac
What you are looking at is the shadow
of these blood vessels at the back of
your eyes. Perhaps the most curious
part of the whole thing Is that the part
of the eye which receives the Impres
sion of light must Ue behind thess
blood TesFels.
OaJswd S Faanda 1b S Wstks.
from th By-Stanlor, Macomb. IB.
Aldorman Louis W. Camp, olour olty.bss
quite astonished his Mauds, by a remark
able gain In weight. n has gal neJ 22 pouuils
a five weeks. TU033 ot his frlauJs
who do not know tUa ta.-ts ot hU sick,
ness will read with iuterwt th i following:
"I was broken do-.vn lu haaltU anl utter
ly mlswable," said Mr. Camp to our re
porter. "I was uuableto work muoh of the
time and so bndly afflloted witb. a lorm ol
stomaoU trouble that lite was a veritable
nightmare. .
"I trln.t various remedies, but ilur:nff tho
six montbs of my elokness I obtaiuod n'. r
lief. I bad always been a robu.it, bettltuy
man andsiaknegs bore beatiy upon me.
"About two years atfo I was advised to
try Dr. Williams' Piuk Pills for Pale Peo
ple. I purolirwed oue box and reoolved so
muoh bouellt that I used live more and was
entirely cured. gained ttcenty-tvo pounds
in fitt ire.V. Siaoo I stopped taking the
pills I Lave scarcely bad an aoae or pain.
Interviewing the Alderman.
"Dr. Williams' Pink Fills restored me to
health and I most heartily rcuommeud
tbein."
L. W. Camp on oath says that the forego,
ing statement Is true.
W. W. Msloax, Votary Public.
Following is the physician's oertldcate as
to Mr. Camp's present condition.
I am a regularly lioensed physlolaa of
Macomb, MuDonous'u County, III. I huve
very recently examined Mr. L. W. Camp as
to lils general physical condition, and And
the same to be all that could be deairod,
appetite aud dlgestlou good, sleeps well,
and h.-u all the evidences of being iu a good
physical oondltlon. bav'i. Russell, M. D.
Suhcrlbed and sworn to before me this
SOtU day of September, IU97.
W. W. Meloax. Notary Pullio.
Treatment ol the Ataetcan Dog.
The Alaskan dog Is almost human In
.ntelllgence. He weighs about 100
pounds. Heavily laden, he will travel
dxty miles a day.
With twenty dogs in a team no two of
iheni are In a straight line from the
driver. When unhitched for the night
they pile upon the first blanket that is
thrown upon the snow, and there thejr
stay. When you crawl Into your sleep
ing bag and pull a robe over it the dog :
ill get under the robe. Unless" y'! j
ere careful he will be iuslde of the bag
la the morning. Their endurance is
phenomenal and they are capable of
strong affection. They are great fight
ers. A traveler who recently returned
from Alaska says of the treatment ac
corded these faithful animals:
"The whip that is used on them Is the
,'ruelest thing of Its kind that Is known
to man. Thirty feet in length and two
Inches thick near the short handle, it
has a lakh ten feet long that cuts like
a knife. The Russian knout Isn't In It.
When a dog Is struck you hear a sharp
yelp, "and then your sleigh whirls past
a bit of fur or possibly a piece of
bloody skin lying on the snow." St.
I'oul Dispatch.
rnsifr TV mo(t Deep.
CIran blood means a clean skin. Ko
beauty without it. Cascarcts, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin tenday to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
t'aacarcts, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 60c
The skins of animals were the earliest
forum of money. Sheep and own among
the old Itiiman's took the place of money.
flarneaa Cannot Re CnreA
by local applications as they caunot reach the
it8ca?ed portion of the ear. There is only tne
way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitu
tional remedies. D afness ia caused by an n
lamcd condition of the mncous linintrof the
Kust i.'binn Tube. When this tube arts in
1 mod you have a rumbling sound or Imper
fect hearing, and when it is et tirely closed
Deafness 1-the result, and unless the inflam
mation can be taken out and thl tnbe re
stored to its normal condition, bearinj? will he
lot-troy, d for. ver. Nine cases nut of teu are
Mused" by catarrh, which i nothing bntan in
:auied ondition of the mucous snrfaoes.
We will nive One Hundred Dollars for any
-.ate of Lleafnosi (caused by catarrh) that oan
int bo cured by Hull's I atarrh t ore. Bend
'or circulars, tree.
V. J. Cna-cf r at Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Dniatcints. 76c.
Hall's Family tills are the bes.
7 Simla, India, is built on the sides of a
st -cp hill, and the roof of one house is
oft'-n on a level with the foundation of
one in the next for.
Doit Tobacco Sait sad gowks Tear Ufa away.
To qnit tobaoeo easily and forever, be mog
Setic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-bae,
the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
tirong. All drugirists. Mo or tl. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and snmple free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or Mew York,
Xaluralisls declare that the kestrel is
Ksessed of such wonderful powers of
sight that it is able to see a mouse
when it is itself at such a height in the
air that it is invisible to the naked human
eye.
I can recommend Pise's Cure for Consump
tion to sufferers from Asthma. E. IX Tow.
sknd. Ft. Howard, Wls May i, loM.
The tallest shaft or pillar in London
r the neighborhood is the London Monu
ment, which is onlv 202 feet high.
To Curt a Cold to Oate Day.
Take Ijizailve Bromo Qnlnlne Tablets. All
Druggets refund money if It fails to cure. 2c.
The cod fisheries of Newfoundland have
boon followed for nearly 400 years. They
ai eatly exceed those of any other country
In the world Tho a m n (to o 1
is about 1,330,000 hundred-weight per
annum.
Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the pumj, reducing In nainma
ion, allayi pain, cures wind colic, 2oc. a bottle
The roe of the codfish contains more
latent living creatures than the whole
human population of the globe.
Fits permanently curel No Bts or nervous.
nr r alter fliai day's i.se ot Or. Kline's Great
S'rrve K.itorer. ti trial bottle and Ireatlie free,
im. K. U Klin it. Lid , il Arch fct., Phlla. la.
A recent landslide in China revealed
i pile of money equaling in value 7,000,00.
uppers.
ri.ew Star Tobacco The Beat
f moke Sledge Cigarette. -
Bdaeate Ya Bowels Wltk Onaeauwtav
Oandy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
0S.35C. It aO.O.tU,dracisLa refund money.
Another Explanation.
"Ah I I admire patriotism!" he ex
claimed as he looked at that Httle house
tucked away among the tr ana. "Every
thing possible about the place la red,
whbte and bine."
"Yen; tt belong to a naUred barber.'
"mow long is a thought
We Can ! J"- More Kapldly than
. w.' r-Mw rnnnt.
How long does It take a man ln"
Prof Elchet, at the recent meeting of
the BrBsh Association, gave the re
mits of bis investigations Into this aub
lectfsay. the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
HVfovrd that ay mentally m unr,f- up
the aetea of the musleal scale for one
or more octaves, and then dividing the
total time by the total number of notes
thought of, the time taken for each
note was one-eleventh of a second.
There are various ways of arriving at
conclusions aa to the amount of time
necessary for realizing any vWf
sensation or mental Impression If the
skin be touched repeatedly with light
blows from a small hammer a person
may, according to Prof. Rlchet, distin
guish the fact that the blows are sep
arate and not continuous pressure when
they follow one another as frequently
es 1,000 a second.
The smnllest Intervals of sound can
be much better distinguished with one
ear than with both. Thus the scparate
ness of the clicks of a revolving toothed
wheel was noted by one observer when
they did not exceeu sixty to tlie second,
but using both ears he could not d!s
tinffnlsh thorn when they occurred
oftener than fifteen times a second.
The sharp sound of the eli'ctric spark
or an induction coil was distinguished
with one ear when the rate was as high
ns 500 to the second. Sight Is much less
keen than hearing in distinguishing dif
ference!. If a disk half white and hnlf
black be revolved It will appear gray
when Its revolutions exceed twenty
four per second. It has been found
that we can hear far more rapidly than
we can count, so that if a clock-ccklns
movement runs faster than ten to the
second we can count four clinks, while
with twenty to the second we can only
count two of them.
Peanut Hatter.
A new use for peanuts is developing
as the peanut industry becomes better
understood. This product of the pea
nut answers in the place of ordinary
butter for table use, and Is said to be
excellent for shortening purposes, and
for gravies, saucers, et cetera. In
point of purity it Is superior to the best
dairy butter. It Is well designed for
the use of vegetarians, who strenuous
ly object to anything animal.
There is already a considerable de
mand for this butter substitute, and it
Is very probable there will be an en
larged market for the nuts. At pres
ent rhe product of the United States is
about five hundred thousand bags an
nually, and that of the world Is six
hundred niillon pounds.
Aa long as the devil remains unchain-'
ed, the Christian must expect to be
tempted. " ;
There Is a vast difference between
peaking "one to another," anil one
about another.
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